Bill Clinton

Your democracy has brought out the richness of its tapestry and given you the knot that holds it together.

If all of us just had one fraction of that commitment, we could make peace in the world.

I am pleased to transmit the 1998 annual report of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Federal agency charged with advancing knowledge and public education in the humanities.

It will clean the air; it will reduce greenhouse gas pollution and global warming; and it will be good for your economy.

I am privileged to speak to you and, through you, to the people of India.

India and America are natural allies, two nations conceived in liberty, each finding strength in its diversity.

We must complete the work begun in Kyoto so that the United States and other nations can ratify the protocol and it can enter into force.

Only India can determine its own interests.

We don't have to choose between economic opportunity and environmental protection.

This is necessary to ensure that the President maintains the ability to use all available tools to respond to the needs of the U.S. economy.

The strong performance of our economy over the past year, despite oil price rises, underscores the dramatic improvements in energy efficiency and reliability over the past quarter century.

I transmit herewith the combined annual reports of the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1996-1997, and the annual report for fiscal year 1998.

I am especially pleased by another of the agency's partnerships employing both the Internet and traditional broadcasting.

I am pleased that the Senate has followed the House in passing a measure to eliminate the retirement earnings test for seniors.

We should build on this bipartisan spirit to make further progress on Social Security.

The Endowment also provided grants to innovative educational projects employing the latest computer technologies.

Eliminating the earnings limit is an important first step in undertaking comprehensive Social Security reform this year.

Globalization does not favor nations with a licensing raj; it does favor nations with a panchayat raj.

The NEH is well-known for its support of documentary films based on a collaboration between filmmakers and humanities scholars.

We will work to seize that chance, for our benefit and all those with whom we share this increasingly interdependent world.

I think that the best chance that the Pakistanis have is through a dialog, not through acts of violence.

I recognize that India has real security concerns.

Together, we represent a fifth of the world's people, more than a quarter of the world's economy.

I have come to India because I want us to build a dynamic and lasting partnership, based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.

Tobacco use by young people 'poses perhaps the single most significant threat to public health in the United States.'